Red Hot Riding Hood is an animated cartoon short subject, directed by Tex Avery and released on May 8, 1943 by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. In 1994 it was voted #7 of The 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field. It is one of Avery's most popular cartoons, inspiring several of his own "sequel" shorts (which really were just shorts with a similar plot and the same characters, though notably Droopy was involved with many of the other shorts Wolfie and Red appear in) as well as influencing other cartoons and feature films for years afterward.

Red also makes a cameo at the end of the Tex Avery short, "Big Heel-Watha" (1944). Red is a prominent character in the 2010 direct-to-video film Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes, while Wolfie and the two wolves from "Little Rural Riding Hood" make cameos.

Driven to Suicide: At the end, Wolfie vows never to so much as look at another woman again while at the night club. The curtains are pulled back and he sees Red on stage again. He then shoots himself in the head, and his ghost begins to do wild takes.

Executive Meddling: Many of the wild takes have been censored, and the original ending was changed because of 'bestiality' and the fact that marriage was being mocked (back in the 1940s, the Hays Code forbade any scenes that poked fun at marriage or cast marriage in a bad light -- in this case, with a shotgun wedding).

No Guy Wants to Be Chased: Once the tables are turned on Wolfie and Granny is lusting after him, he is terrified and does his best to run away, to no avail.

Pain Powered Leap: Wolfie sticks Grandma in the butt with a needle and she jumps through the roof of her penthouse. The sticking is usually edited out when shown on television, so you just see Wolfie holding the needle and then it cuts straight to the jump.

Something Else Also Rises: The Wolf's reactions to Red. In fact, most of them (like steam erupting from out of the Wolf's collar as he tugs at it) were considered too obscene to be shown by the Hays Office censors (by today's standards, the steam thing isn't that risque).

Take That: It wouldn't be the last time Tex took a jab at the cute and cuddly animation that was popular in the 1930's.

The Cat Came Back: When Granny chases after Wolfie, he just can't seem to get away from her.